Rolf Gerstenberger

Rolf Gerstenberger

Rolf Gerstenberger is president of the United Steelworkers, Local 1005 at the Hamilton Works of U.S. Steel Canada (formerly Stelco Hilton Works) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.cite web| title = "Rolf Gerstenberger Wins Re-election".| url=http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2006/D36050.htm#1| accessdate = 2007-01-25] He is also a prominent member of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist). cite web| title = 35 Years: Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) Celebrates Its Achievements."| url=http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmld2005/D35052.htm| accessdate=2007-04-26] He was a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 and 2000 Canadian federal elections, running in Hamilton East and Hamilton Mountain, respectively. cite web|title= "House of Commons Election Candidate Profile: Rolf Gerstenberger."|url=http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileCandidate.aspx?Key=66778&Language=E| accessdate=2007-04-26]

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Gerstenberger first came to Canada from the United States in the late 1960s. He left the United States because he opposed the Vietnam War. Gerstenberger has worked at Stelco for over thirty years, and worked as a vessel operator in the steel-making division for fifteen years prior to his first election as local union president in April, 2003. He holds a Master's degree in theoretical nuclear physics from McMaster University in Hamilton.Peter Van Harten, "A union man with steely resolve; As Stelco struggles to remain solvent, the president of Local 1005 vows to protect workers' rights," "Hamilton Spectator", January 7, 2004, Pg. A07.]

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